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3232103697860Patient Spills Urine on Nurse and Violently Assaults Herhttp://nurseboards.com/__trashed-48/
http://nurseboards.com/__trashed-48/#respondSun, 16 Dec 2018 01:14:45 +0000http://nurseboards.com/?p=14207According to the nurse’s account of the crime Rosendo Coca-Baldo was attempting to stroll into another patient’s room when the nurse told him to stop. Coca-Baldo yelled at the nurse and told her to get away from him. Then he stated, “I’m going to kill you,” according to the nurse. Police say Coca-Baldo trapped the […]

According to the nurse’s account of the crime Rosendo Coca-Baldo was attempting to stroll into another patient’s room when the nurse told him to stop.

Coca-Baldo yelled at the nurse and told her to get away from him. Then he stated, “I’m going to kill you,” according to the nurse.

Police say Coca-Baldo trapped the nurse in the nurses’ station and began swinging his hands and hitting the nurse in the face.

According to the court documents, Coca-Baldo hit the nurse with his urine bag causing the bag to break open and spill on the nurse. He then spat on the front of her scrub shirt. He picked up a chair and hit her in the legs and the hand with it.

]]>http://nurseboards.com/__trashed-48/feed/014207Nurse Commits Suicide to Avoid Being Raped by “soldiers” in Aleppohttp://nurseboards.com/__trashed-45/
http://nurseboards.com/__trashed-45/#respondSun, 16 Dec 2018 01:14:45 +0000http://nurseboards.com/?p=14201In the suicide note she addressed the Syrian opposition and the religious leaders and said the conditions in the city were so awful that ‘hell-fire couldn’t be worse than this’.The un-named nurse also said she was killing herself ‘because I do not want several members of the Assad Regime to savor raping me’. There were […]

In the suicide note she addressed the Syrian opposition and the religious leaders and said the conditions in the city were so awful that ‘hell-fire couldn’t be worse than this’.The un-named nurse also said she was killing herself ‘because I do not want several members of the Assad Regime to savor raping me’.

There were more than 20 women who committed suicide within one day to avoid these brutal sex attacks.

She wrote: ‘I am one of the woman in Aleppo who will soon be raped in just moments..there are no more weapons or men that can stand between us and the animals who are about to come called the ‘country’s army’.

The incident occurred at London Heart Hospital in Marylebone. 48-year-old Lea Ledesma, gave 76-year-old Ali Huseyin, AB-type blood that was actually meant for Irfan Hussain, a 37-year-old. Ali Huseyin was blood type 0.A physician ordered the blood transfusion when the patient was draining excessive blood into his chest drain, after heart bypass surgery.

Nurse Ledesma accidentally wrote Mr Hussain’s patient identification number on her hand instead of Mr Huseyin’s, according to Southwark Crown Court.

Although Ledesma is a seasoned nurse and she noticed that the blood didn’t match the patient, she still administered the transfusion. It immediately became clear that he had been given the wrong blood type when he suffered a fatal heart attack and another nurse checked the blood and noted that it was the wrong patient ID number.

Ledesma was found guilty of manslaughter today with a jury of eight men and four women, who deliberated for several hours before reaching a verdict.

Ledesma was devastated when the verdict was read. She hid her face and cried.

Jurors were informed that each nurse was only responsible for the care of one patient in the ICU and they do have policies and procedures in place to avoid mistakes like this, but Ledesma did not follow protocol.

Ledesma wrote Mr Hussain’s eight-digit patient number on her hand but failed to take any documentation with her before getting the blood.She didn’t notice the mistake while the dispensing machine printed out a receipt of the unit of blood.

This makes me wonder if the same protocol for two nurses to sign off on blood is required in England. Maybe one of our British nurses in the community can shed some light on that question?

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]]>http://nurseboards.com/__trashed-51/feed/014213Nurse Delivers Baby on Plane-Considers it a Miracle!http://nurseboards.com/__trashed-49/
http://nurseboards.com/__trashed-49/#respondSun, 16 Dec 2018 01:14:45 +0000http://nurseboards.com/?p=14209The mother is also a nurse at Parrish Medical Center in Titusville and she was calm and relaxed through the entire birth. “She kept apologizing, and I said, ‘Honey, this is out of your control,’” said Bledose. Bledose wrapped the baby in a blanket and the pilot diverted the plane to Charleston, South Carolina. […]

]]>http://nurseboards.com/__trashed-49/feed/0142097-Year-Old Boy Dies After Suffering Cardiac Arrest…”Nurse Just Walked Away”http://nurseboards.com/__trashed-43/
http://nurseboards.com/__trashed-43/#respondSun, 16 Dec 2018 01:14:45 +0000http://nurseboards.com/?p=14197His parents were forced to make the heartbreaking decision to take him off life support after three days of no brain activity. Luke Jenkins had already undergone several surgeries for his heart condition, including one which left him quadriplegic. According to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, the care the child received at the facility, […]

His parents were forced to make the heartbreaking decision to take him off life support after three days of no brain activity.

Luke Jenkins had already undergone several surgeries for his heart condition, including one which left him quadriplegic.

According to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, the care the child received at the facility, Bristol Children’s Hospital was “service failure”.

Luke’s father said “We are now going to use the report as evidence against specific nurses and doctors to report them to the General Medical Council.“Complaints against them were previously rejected; now, however, the PHSO report backs up our complaint, saying that they fell below the applicable standards of their profession.”

The investigation into the child’s death revealed that it was a bank holiday and there were staff shortages in the hospital on that particular day. When Luke suffered his cardiac arrest staff didn’t know where the resuscitation equipment was located.

]]>http://nurseboards.com/__trashed-43/feed/014197Nurse Fired for Praying With Patients Prior to Surgeryhttp://nurseboards.com/__trashed-47/
http://nurseboards.com/__trashed-47/#respondSun, 16 Dec 2018 01:14:45 +0000http://nurseboards.com/?p=14205She said she realized that she did not have patient consent to discuss personal beliefs with patients when she began working in pre-op, but said she was more aware once she was given a warning. Mrs Kuteh said it was not her intent to imposed her religious beliefs on others, but she did tell them […]

She said she realized that she did not have patient consent to discuss personal beliefs with patients when she began working in pre-op, but said she was more aware once she was given a warning.

Mrs Kuteh said it was not her intent to imposed her religious beliefs on others, but she did tell them how her faith had helped her.

One patient said she felt uncomfortable when she gave her a Bible, even though the patient insisted that she didn’t want one. Another patient was annoyed that Mrs Kuteh said she would pray for her. Several days later Kuteh was fired and her appeals for re-hire have been denied.

Mrs Kuteh has teamed up with the Christian Legal Center and they plan on meeting with the Trust to inform them that the disciplinary process was unfair and mishandled.

The trust said: ‘We have a duty to our patients that when they are at their most vulnerable they are not exposed to unsolicited beliefs and/ or views, religious or otherwise. We feel we have acted appropriately in this case.’

]]>http://nurseboards.com/__trashed-47/feed/014205Former Nurse Is Sentenced to Two Years Probation for Stealing Drugshttp://nurseboards.com/__trashed-50/
http://nurseboards.com/__trashed-50/#respondSun, 16 Dec 2018 01:14:45 +0000http://nurseboards.com/?p=14211Tracy Long, 32, pleaded guilty to unlawfully procuring a controlled substance, a Class 4 felony. According to state police, between August and September 2015 Long claimed to have administered medications to patients, but surveillance video revealed she never entered the rooms of the patients she claimed to treat during the time frame.

According to state police, between August and September 2015 Long claimed to have administered medications to patients, but surveillance video revealed she never entered the rooms of the patients she claimed to treat during the time frame.

]]>http://nurseboards.com/__trashed-50/feed/014211Nurse Forced to Remove Charlie Brown Christmas Poster From Her Door Because it’s “Too Religious”http://nurseboards.com/__trashed-42/
http://nurseboards.com/__trashed-42/#respondSun, 16 Dec 2018 01:14:44 +0000http://nurseboards.com/?p=14195friends and supporters of Dedra Shannon, a nurse at Charles E. Patterson Middle School attended a Killeen Independent School District board meeting this week to tell the administration how unhappy they were about this controversial decision. Veteran C.J. Gresham said “We fought. We’ve died. We’ve bleed. We’ve served for that reason — for free […]

friends and supporters of Dedra Shannon, a nurse at Charles E. Patterson Middle School attended a Killeen Independent School District board meeting this week to tell the administration how unhappy they were about this controversial decision.

Parents are in an uproar and they have canceled the Christmas concert. The nurse hung the decorative poster on the door of the school clinic. It depicted Charlie Brown and Linus and quoted a line from “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”

Charlie Brown explains to Linus about the meaning of Christmas saying, “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a savior which is Christ the Lord. That’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown,” the poster read.

When the principal saw the poster she immediately ordered the nurse to take the poster down and told her that the Christian meaning could offend some students and that religious messages are inappropriate for a public school.

Parents complained about the incident and many of them spoke at the meeting in support of the nurse.

The nurse held her poster during the meeting and was accompanied by her attorney. The parents demanded that the school put the poster back on the door.

“Just about everyone that you hear from cannot believe that we’ve reached a place in America and in Texas, where a Charlie Brown Christmas poster is being torn down in our public schools,” Saenz said.

Vice President of the school board, Corbett Lawler said he would focus on studying the guidelines that dictate religious messages in schools.

A motion passed 6-to-1 with board members deciding the fate of the Charlie Brown poster. Nurse Shannon will not be permitted to put her poster back up and this decision is final unless the complete study of the guidelines shows otherwise.

“I believe it is discrimination not to allow Christians like myself to put up a display that is simply an expression of the story of Christmas,” the nurse said.

]]>http://nurseboards.com/__trashed-42/feed/014195Nurse Killed in an Apparent Hit and Runhttp://nurseboards.com/__trashed-40/
http://nurseboards.com/__trashed-40/#respondSun, 16 Dec 2018 01:14:44 +0000http://nurseboards.com/?p=14191The circumstances of the death are under investigation by the Ohio Highway Patrol. The body has been identified as 60- year-old Elizabeth “Beth” Kurish. Ohio State Troopers responded to a 911 call and her body was found on the side of the road. According to investigators, the death appears to be a result of a […]

The circumstances of the death are under investigation by the Ohio Highway Patrol.

The body has been identified as 60- year-old Elizabeth “Beth” Kurish. Ohio State Troopers responded to a 911 call and her body was found on the side of the road.

According to investigators, the death appears to be a result of a hit and run. The victim’s vehicle was found at a rest area nearby. No witnesses to the crime have come forward.

Beth Kurish was a nurse at University Hospitals Medical Center in Ohio. Her colleagues are devastated by the news and say she was very well respected.

“The entire team at UH Elyria Medical Center sends our condolences to the family of Beth Kurish, RN, who worked with us for almost 30 years. She was a beloved colleague and a personal friend. Our team is deeply saddened by this tragic loss. Beth will be greatly missed by all of us.”